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METRO TV. CAN YOU UPDATE THE TV IN CHAMBERS, PLEASE? ON THE VOTE CAST SCREEN. THANK YOU.UM NATURAL TV. ONE MINUTE, PLEASE.
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UH GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE ABOUT READY TO GET STARTED SO EVERYBODY CAN GET TO THEIR SEATS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. UM ON THE COUNT OF THE COUNCILMAN. YEAH, THAT TOO. I'M THE CHAIR OF
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THIS COMMITTEE. PAT MULVIHILL. I'M JOINED BY MY VICE CHAIR WHO'S FAR AWAY, MR PIDGEON, TEENY. WE GOT MR BACHAN, MR. BAKER MISS HAWKINS, AND I BELIEVE THAT MAKES OUR CORE. UM WE DO HAVE THREE EXCUSED ABSENCES. AKERSON PURVIS AND ENGEL AND MADAM CHAIR IF YOU CAN READ INTO THE RECORD WHILE WE'RE HOW WE'RE ALSO HOLDING THIS MEETING AND ITEM ONE, PLEASE.THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CARE. A 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE A WRITING FULL
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THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR DASH 089-23 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GRANTING OF LOCAL INCENTIVES TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO UPS AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ASSIGN EASE OR APPROVED AFFILIATES THEREOF PURSUANT TO CARE. US CHAPTER 1 54 SUB CHAPTER 32 RIGHT IN FULL . CAN I GET A MOTION? OKAY PROPERLY MOVING. SECOND DECIDED IS BEFORE US. IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOUR SELF FOR THE RECORD AND TELL US ABOUT THIS ITEM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR CHAIRMAN, BENJAMIN MOORE. DIRECTOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOUISVILLE METRO. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF UPS EXPANSIONS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE BIG HANGAR YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN BEING BUILT THEIR INTERSTATE 65 AT THE AIRPORT. THIS IS A HANGER THAT WILL NOW HOUSE TWO OF THE LARGEST TRIPLE SEVEN JETS THAT UPS FLIES. THIS IS A GREAT INVESTMENT BY UPS CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS 1000 NEW JOBS, INCLUDING AIRPLANE MECHANICS AND OTHER VERY HIGH END TECHNICAL JOBS. SO WE WERE VERY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO LAND THIS PROJECT HERE. SO THEIR INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 516 MILLION. THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY. AS YOU SEE WITH THE BUILDING. IT'S ALREADY UP. UH, THEY'VE BEGUN HIRING AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THE RESOLUTION TO GRANT THE 1% OCCUPATIONAL TAX REBATE THAT WE AGREED TO. THIS IS 2019 NOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, AND IF YOU COULD, HOW LONG DOES THIS DATE BACK? IT SAYS IN TERMS OF THE INCENTIVES, IT GOES BACK TO SEPTEMBER 6TH 26, SO THIS IS ALMOST BEEN FOUR YEARS IN THE IN THE PROCESS FROM I GUESS WHEN THEY INITIALLY CAME UP WITH A[00:10:02]
PROPOSAL TILL NOW THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A IS IT A FULLY CONSTRUCTED AND NOW ABLE TO BE UTILIZED BUILDING? CORRECT THEY'RE PREPARING TO DO THE OPENING NOW, SO IT HAS TAKEN ABOUT FOUR YEARS FROM PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCED THEIR FINAL AND ACTIVATION THROUGH THE STATE BELIEVE THEY DID GET A SMALL EXTENSION BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES AND OBVIOUSLY FROM SMALL OF 2019. THERE ARE SOME DISRUPTIONS IN THE MARKET RIGHT THROUGH COVID AND OTHER ISSUES. THE PROJECT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN THEY EXPECTED, BUT THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY AND HAVE HIRED ABOUT 600 FOLKS TO THE 1000 SO FAR. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR AND AGENT AINI. THANK. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, SO TO YOUR POINT, THE ORIGINAL DATE 2019 DELAYS COVID. UM, SO HOW DOES THAT IMPACT IT SAYS YEAR AS OF ACTIVATION DATE. THIS GOES OUT 10 YEARS. ORIGINALLY IT WAS A JOB TARGET 3 98 PER YEAR KIND OF RAMPS UP. TO BUY YOUR 3 800 BY YEAR 7000 WHERE ARE THEY ON THAT ACTUAL TIMELINE. NOW DO YOU HAVE ANY? I MEAN, IMPROVING IT FULLY SUPPORTED IS GREAT. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH IT SHIFTED THEIR TIMELINE. SURE THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN SO THE ACTUAL HIRING HAD HAD STARTED A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL AND THEY'RE ABOUT 600 NOW, SO THEY'RE WELL WITHIN YEAR TO GET THEIR ON THEIR TIMELINE AT THIS POINT. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. AND CAN YOU REPEAT AGAIN? I DIDN'T GET TO HER EXACTLY HOW MANY JOB SURE. AT THE END OF THE PROBLEM, THE ACTUAL PROJECT THEY BELIEVE THEY WILL CREATE 1000 NEW JOBS.THAT'S GREAT. FOR THE RECORD. THAT'S HE DID GET EXCUSED. AH SO IT'S 1000 JOBS. AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE THEM AGAIN? I KNOW YOU SAID AIRCRAFT MECHANICS. WHAT OTHER UM, POSITIONS OR WHATEVER , BECAUSE I SEE THE LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE IRELAND. AVERAGE HOURLY WAGES. APPROXIMATELY 70 BUCKS.
YES IT'S A VERY GOOD WAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR UPS . THESE ARE MORE OF THE TECHNICAL JOBS UPS THAT WE WANT TO SEE. GROW HERE SOLIDIFIES THE AIRLINE OPERATION. BUT YES, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SPECIALTY MAINTENANCE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGISTS. UM AND THEN YOU KNOW, JUST IF YOU EVER BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE HANGERS, THESE FOLKS RUNNING AROUND, UM, JUST PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILDING REBUILDING AND SERVICING THOSE AIRPLANES ALL THE WAY FROM THE HIGHEST TECHNICIANS TO THE FOLKS TURNING THE WRENCHES. AND WE HAVE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT VESTMENTS HERE WITH ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. I KNOW UPS HAS BEEN PART OF THAT WITH J. C T. C OR DO WE HOPE TO RECRUIT THESE 1000 NEW EMPLOYEES ? I MEAN, I'M SURE IT MAY BE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT WE'VE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT HERE TO SORT OF RAMPED THIS UP. DO WE HOPE THAT THEY'LL UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS FROM J. C T. C.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YES SO YOU KNOW UPS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CORPORATE PARTNERS WE HAVE IN HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH THEIR METRO COLLEGE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE 25 YEARS OLD. THIS YEAR, THEY GRADUATED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S CERTAINLY A PIPELINE FOR THEM. BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS ARE ALREADY WORKING AT UPS. THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE OPERATION.
THEY'RE STARTING TO GAIN THEIR BENEFITS AND THEIR RETIREMENT, SO IT MAKES GOOD SENSE FOR THEM TO STICK AROUND. SO THE OPERATIONS OF AMOS AND J. C T C AROUND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE VERY ROBUST FOR THEM. UM THEY ALSO DO A GREAT JOB OF SOURCING OUTSIDE OF THEIR NETWORK OUTSIDE OF THE LOCAL NETWORK, SO IT'S A GOOD ATTRACTION OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL. BUT THEY HAVE. FRANKLY THEY'RE NOT ASKED FOR ANY SUPPORT FROM US AND FINDING WORK FORCE WHICH TELLS US THEY GOT A PRETTY GOOD PLAN. GOOD. SIGNAL. FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY THIS. THIS IS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, UH, THOSE OPPOSED THE AS HAVE IT, MADAM CLERK IF YOU MOVE THIS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THANK YOU.
YES. I DID. FOR THE THIRD TIME. YEAH. YEAH. YES UM, MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL DISCUSSION TODAY AND SPECIAL GUESTS IF YOU COULD READ ITEM THREE INTO THE RECORD PLACE THREE IS I D
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23-0216 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 101, CLARK, WELSH AND NATALIE GRUBS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DANA JOHNSON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION RIGHT AND FULL. THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, IF WHO'S GOING TO COME PRESENT IF YOU WOULD COME UP TO THE TABLE AND YOU MAY AGAIN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. FOR THE RECORD. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A POWER POINT. YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW US AND THEN AFTERWARDS, I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MULVIHILL AND RICHARD COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NATALIE BONERA GRUBS AND I'M[00:15:02]
WITH GREATER LOUISVILLE INC. SENIOR MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US TO PRESENT TODAY TO YOU ALL TO DISCUSS REALIZED ROLE IN GROWING THE CITY'S ECONOMY AND SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE REGION. WE WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ROLE IN THE REGIONAL EFFORTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE BUILT ON THAT. I'D LIKE TO START BY INTRODUCING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. CLARK WELSH IS OUR JULY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. HE'LL BE PRESENTING AS WELL TODAY. AS I SAID, I'M SENIOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOCUSED ON BUSINESS ATTRACTION SIERRA AND LOW IS OUR CONSULTANTS THAT HELPS US WITH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WITH OUR PROJECTS. LOGAN GATTI BEHIND ME IS THE JULY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH ENTERPRISES NETWORK, AND I HAVE DANA JOHNSON NEXT TO ME, WHO IS OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY? EQUITY AND INCLUSION. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR STRATEGY. OUR PROJECTS PIPELINE. THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, INCLUDING LOUISVILLE METRO AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AS THE METRO CHAMBER AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU AND HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US. JUST IN SHORT, UM WE HAVE BEEN THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER ORGANIZATION FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF OUR COUNTY PARTNERS , EXTERNALLY MARKETING THE REGION BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SITE SELECTORS AND CONSULTANTS AND WORKING WITH A DOZEN LOCAL DOZENS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AS YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LITTLE METRO'S GROWING AND RE APPRECIATE METRO COUNCILS INVESTMENT. IN JULY TO GROW OUR NATIONAL MARKETING BUSINESS ATTRACTION EFFORTS. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL JUST AN OVER A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PURPOSE OF A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, AND THAT IS TO SOURCE BUSINESS ATTRACTION LEADS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY. WE WOULD LIKE TO. WE ARE HERE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE AND TO GROW OUR PROJECT SOURCE BASE, WHICH REQUIRES PROACTIVE OUTREACH, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND MARKETING. AND ALL OF THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO DEEPER INTO TODAY.SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT GREATER LOUISVILLE INKS EXPERTISE AS THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. IT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE LEADS TO BRING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE REGION, AND WE DO THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. THE FIRST IS TO REGIONAL MARKETING EFFORTS. WE WANT TO HAVE A COHESIVE STORY THAT IS THE SAME ACROSS ALL 15 COUNTIES IN THE REGION. WE'VE HEARD FROM SITE SELECTORS THAT WE'RE BEST KEPT SECRET, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE A SECRET. WE WANT TO BE A WELL KNOWN ASSET COMPANIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND WE WANT SITE SELECTORS TO THINK OF US AS SOMEWHERE TO BRING THEIR EXPANDING COMPANIES. WE CAN BE IN THE GREATER LOUISVILLE PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS MADE UP OF OUR 15 COUNTIES, DEVELOPERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REGION THAT HAS THAT PLAY A PART IN OUR PROJECT PROCESS, AND WE RELY ON OUR PARTNERS TO CONTRIBUTE AND SUPPORT OUR REGIONAL EFFORTS TO BRING COMPANIES AND GROW COMPANIES IN THE REGION. ONE OF OUR NEWEST OFFERINGS IS THE GREATER LOUISVILLE PARTNERSHIP WEBSITE WHERE WE NOW HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE SITE SELECTORS TO SEE ALL THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER FROM ALL 15 COUNTIES. PREVIOUSLY WE HAD TO SEND THEM TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTIES TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTY WEBSITES. AND NOW IT'S A ONE STOP SHOP. THEY ONLY HAVE TO CLICK ONE TIME AND THEY HAVE ALL THOSE ASSETS IN FRONT OF THEM. WE HOST A FAMILIARIZATION TOUR EVERY YEAR WHERE WE BRING A GROUP OF HIGH PROFILE SITE SELECTORS TO THE AREA. THEY ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE TO SEE WITH THEIR OWN EYES WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER IN THE REGION AND WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. MEET THEM FACE TO FACE AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WOULD BE BRINGING THEIR PROJECTS IF THEY BROUGHT THEM HERE. WE ALSO HAVE MANY DATA AND RESOURCE RESEARCH RESOURCES THAT HELP AID PROSPECTS THAT ARE NARROWING DOWN THEIR SEARCH. SO WE GET PROJECTS A LOT OF TIMES THAT WILL ASK US FOR DATA SO THAT THEY CAN COMPARE TO OTHER REGIONS. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS, WORKFORCE, LABOR SHEDS, WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY, DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE REST. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A NATIONAL CONFERENCE STRATEGY WHERE WE GO TO THE SITE SELECTORS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR REGION HAS TO OFFER JUST RECENTLY, THE HEALTH ENTERPRISES NETWORK. CONVENED BY LOGAN GOTTI BROUGHT 100 OR BROUGHT VIOLENT BROUGHT A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO THE BIO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. AND WE HOSTED A STATE OF THE ART BOOTH AND LEFT WITH 100 AND 50 HOT LEADS TO BRING BACK TO OUR REGION AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEM. SO WHY REGIONALISM? WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE REGIONALISM. WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT IS GOOD FOR ONE IS GOOD FOR ALL WE WANT TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY TO THE WHOLE REGION, AND WE KNOW THAT
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BRINGING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO ONE COUNTY BENEFITS THE REGION, THE COUNTY SURROUNDING THAT COUNTY. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE WOULD MUCH RATHER PROJECT LANE IN THE COUNTY NEXT TO US, BUT IN ANOTHER STATE WE CREATE STRONG COLLABORATIONS WITH ALL 15 COUNTIES IN OUR REGION. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THOSE THINGS THAT INCLUDES COMMON MARKETING MESSAGES AND PULLED MARKETING RESOURCES. IT MEANS WE SPEND OUR TIME AND EFFORT GROWING THE REGIONAL PIE RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WINS. OVER TIME. A REGIONAL APPROACH WILL BENEFIT ALL JURISDICTIONS AND GROW OUR REGION AS A WHOLE. AND WE HAVE MORE TO SELL. EVERY COUNTY IN OUR REGION HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO OFFER THAT SETS IT APART FROM THE OTHERS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO ADVERTISE THOSE ALL OF THOSE ASSETS. IN OUR REGION TO BENEFIT EVERYONE ELSE. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OUR CURRENT PIPELINE. WE HAVE 42 PROJECTS IN OUR PIPELINE, AND ACTUALLY IN THE PAST FEW DAYS THAT HAS INCREASED 47, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. THESE PROJECTS REPRESENT 3700 POTENTIAL NEW JOBS TO THE REGION AND A POTENTIAL $1.6 BILLION IN INVESTMENT AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME BUILDING SOME STRATEGY STRATEGIES AROUND BUILDING OUR PIPELINE AND SUCCESSFULLY HAVE INCREASED THE PIPELINE. 38% BETWEEN Q ONE AND Q TWO, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO REPORT. AND I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE STRATEGY VERY QUICKLY WITH YOU ALL TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE DOING BUSINESS ATTRACTION IN THE REGION AND TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HOW THAT GOES, SO WE START WITH CASTING A WIDE NET. WE WANT TO MEET LOTS OF DIFFERENT SITES SELECTORS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS REPRESENT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPANIES. ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITES. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE IN TO SEE OUR REGION, MEET OUR TEAM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER THEM. WE CAST THAT WIDE NET AND THEN WE START STRATEGICALLY INTRODUCING THEM TO OUR TEAM BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, SHARING PERIODIC RELEVANT INFORMATION, SO THAT MEANS SHOWING THEM PRESS RELEASES THAT COME OUT TO IN OUR REGION. THAT MEANS SENDING THEM OUR F. I S, UM DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. AND THEN WE MOVE ON, IF POSSIBLE TO PERSONAL INTERACTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S HIM CALLS OR PERSONAL MEETINGS LIKE I SAID, THROUGH CONFERENCES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND THEN WE HOPEFULLY WE HOPE THAT THAT RESULTS IN R F I S NEW PROJECTS TO THE REGION THAT WE CAN DEVELOP. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO DANA JOHNSON, AND SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON OUR, UM D E AND I EFFORTS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, NATALIE AGAIN. I'M DANA JOHNSON. AND I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION FOR THE CHAMBER. AS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE ALWAYS TAKE INCLUSION VERY SERIOUSLY. AND HOW WE COULD GROW . UM ARE MINORITY BUSINESSES AND ETCETERA FOR OUR ECONOMY. FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT SOME WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND LET ME BACK UP. WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE BIRTH OUT OF OUR NON GLOBAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW AND OUT OF THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES THAT ARE ON WHAT ALL OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN HERE. UM SO NUMBER ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AND TALK ABOUT OUR POWER TO PROSPER MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM. WE ARE NOW INTO OUR THIRD YEAR, A THIRD COHORT OF BUSINESSES IN THAT PROGRAM. WE HAVE AN ALUMNI BASE OF 24 GRADUATES TO DATE THIS CURRENT CLASS. WE HAVE 13 THAT ARE ALSO IN THE IN THE CLASS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN. THE CLASSES ARE SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE IN NOVEMBER AND OUR PROGRAM I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITS JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT FOR BASICALLY FOR YOUR STARTUPS OR THOSE IN THEIR INFANCY. OUR PROGRAM IS REALLY THOSE MID SMALL TO MIDSIZE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO SCALE. WE HAVE A FREE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER. UM THAT IS 1/13 SESSION PROGRAM OR OUR MAN, YOUR ITTY, UM ENTREPRENEURS GET TOGETHER EVERY OTHER WEEK TO LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS ASSETS. UM VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEIR THEIR BUSINESS GROWTH, SUCH AS FINANCE, LEGAL MARKETING, STORYTELLING FINANCE , UM, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS TO HELP THOSE PARTICULAR BUSINESSES GROW AND SCALE. THE NEXT PIECE OF WORK THAT WE ARE PRETTY PROUD OF IS OUR PROGRESS WAS CALLED BREAKING THE MODI PROGRESS THROUGH PROCUREMENT EVENT. WE WILL HOST YEARLY WE HAVE THE SECOND ONE COMING UP THIS YEAR SEPTEMBER 26, BUT WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL AROUND JESTERS IN LARGE CORPORATIONS AROUND THE COMPANY AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL MEET VARIOUS MINORITY SUPPLIERS. SORT OF LIKE A SPEED DATING SORT OF, UM, SPEAK CONNECTION SORT OF EVENT WHERE WE WILL HAVE THOSE ENTREPRENEURS TO BE ABLE TO PITCH THEIR BUSINESS TO VARIOUS CORPORATIONS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY. AND UM, THE NEXT UM, BULLET POINT THERE IS ABOUT OUR[00:25:06]
MANUALLY CERTIFICATION HUB, WHICH IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER. WE LAUNCHED IT JUST ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. AND TO DATE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 53 MINORITY BUSINESSES THAT HAS STEPPED UP AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO LEARN ABOUT CERTIFICATION. HOW DO WE BECOME CERTIFIED AND THAT SORT OF THING? SO WE OFFER THIS FREE OF CHARGE WHEN WE WALK THE ENTREPRENEUR THROUGH THE PAPERWORK FOR OUR LOCAL AND STATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES. UM THE LAST PIECE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THERE IS ABOUT A PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE WORK WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE LOOKING TO DIVERSIFY OTHERS BEEN. HOW DO WE HELP THEM? IDENTIFY AND SEARCH OUT THESE PARTICULAR MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO HELP THEIR BUSINESS, NAMELY, G E APPLIANCES IS ONE OF OUR BIG PARTNERS THAT WE HAVEN'T IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HELP THEM. IDENTIFY THOSE SUPPLIERS FOR VARIOUS VARIOUS DISCIPLINES WITHIN THEIR WITHIN THEIR CORPORATIONS. SO TODAY WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM TO. AH IDENTIFY 43 PARTICULAR MINORITY SUPPLIERS FOR GE APPLIANCES TO DATE. WE ALSO ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER CORPORATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING TO US TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR DIVERSIFICATION OF THEIR OF THEIR SPIN. SO THIS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN, UM DNA AND ARE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT WORK. GREAT. THANKS DANA. MY NAME IS CLARK WELSH AND DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR JULY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS AFTERNOON. I WANTED TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT HOW G L I SUPPORTS EXISTING BUSINESSES. SO FIRST WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXPANSION AND GROWTH FACILITATION JEALOUS INVESTMENT TEAM IS ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS. SO THAT WITHIN THE SPAN OF A GIVEN ANY GIVEN WEEK WE'RE MEETING WITH DOZENS OF BUSINESSES. ABOUT THEIR CURRENT PAIN POINTS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION, ETCETERA, AND SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS NATURALLY LEND THEMSELVES TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION AND FOR GROWTH. AND SO WE ARE NATURALLY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE ENGAGE WITH BUSINESSES DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THE SECOND POINT IS BUSINESS TO BUSINESS CONNECTIONS. SO AS WE ENGAGE WITH VARIOUS BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE OBVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NETWORKING CONNECTIONS, UM FOR COMPANIES TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER OR BE INTRODUCED TO ONE ANOTHER. FOR CONTRACTS FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, WORK OPPORTUNITIES, ETCETERA. WE ALSO WORK VERY HEAVILY FROM AN ADVOCACY STANDPOINT, SO WE ENGAGE WITH ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, BOTH AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL ADVOCATING FOR PRO BUSINESS POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. UM AND THEN, FROM A TALENT AND WORKFORCE STANDPOINT, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF ONE OF OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAMS CALLED LIVING, LOU. WHICH WORKS TO ATTRACT TALENT FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO RELOCATE IN OUR REGION. AND SO THE HOPE IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THIS INITIATIVE SO THAT AS WORKFORCE WHICH CONTINUES TO BE AN ONGOING CHALLENGE AMONG BUSINESSES, NOT JUST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND REGION, BUT REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT WE AT THE G L I LEVEL HAVE A TOOL AVAILABLE TO ASSIST COMPANIES WHO ARE LOOKING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE WORKFORCE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE. NEXT. I BRIEFLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD TIMES, YOU'LL NOTICE THE THREE BLUE BOXES ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. TALK ABOUT VARIOUS TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH THAT GEELY PURSUES IN TERMS OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY BUSINESS ATTRACTION OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO AS NATALIE MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGOHAT TAKES THE SHAPE AND A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FORMS. ONE IS TARGETED MARKETING. ANOTHER IS SITE SELECTOR, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. AWELL AS CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE. AND SO DEPENDING ON HOW ENGAGED A PARTICULAR BUSINESS OR A SITE SELECTOR MIGHT BE AT ANY OF THOSE THREE INITIAL TOUCHPOINTS. THERE'S A RELATIVELY LONG LEAD TIME THAT CAN RESULT IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PROJECT TO MATERIALIZE. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT LEADS AND LENS INTO THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR GREEN BOXES, WHICH TALKS ABOUT JEALOUS PROCESS. ONE SHIP ONCE A PROJECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT ARE NORMAL PROCESSES FOR A PROJECT. UM ONCE IT COMES IN AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO BE SENT TO ALL OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS UM AND THEN WE SHARE THAT WITH BROKERS VIA BROKERS AND REGIONAL PARTNERS V. A AND R F I REQUEST[00:30:03]
FOR INFORMATION. G L I WILL HOST THE FOLLOW UP AS WELL AS THE SITE VISIT IF ONE MATERIALIZES.AND THAT WILL BE HELD IN CLOSE CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. IN THIS CASE, UM METRO GOVERNMENT SO, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PROJECT LANDS IN THE REGION, WE WOULD ENGAGE THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION TO FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION FORWARD. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, AS WE JUST SAW EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WORKS THROUGH THE LOCAL INCENTIVE PROCESS, AND THEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED. THE IMPORTANT POINT I THINK HERE TO HIGHLIGHT IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE, SHADED IN GREEN, ON AVERAGE HAS ABOUT A 14 MONTH DURATION. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAPPENS PRIOR TO THAT. THE LEAD TIME OR THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT A PROJECT CAN TAKE AND OBVIOUSLY GROW BEYOND THAT 14 MONTH PERIOD. AND THAT SORT OF GOES INTO THE FINAL SLIDE. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS JUST THE FACT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY A LONG TERM PLAY. THERE ARE RELATIVELY LONG TIMELINES FOR APPROVALS AND ONCE AGAIN THE PROJECT PRESENTED EARLIER DURING THIS COMMITTEE MEETING IS A TESTAMENT TO THAT.
IN THAT CASE, YOU KNOW WE WERE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THREE YEARS AND THAT'S OFTENTIMES NOT ATYPICAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S CONSISTENT INVESTMENT IN THE PROCESS SO THAT AS THERE IS ENGAGEMENT AMONG REGIONAL PARTNERS AND AMONG EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. THAT ENGAGEMENT AND FACILITATION OF PROJECTS CAN MAINTAIN PREDICTABLE PROCESS AS WE ENGAGE THROUGH THE INCENTIVE AND COMPLETION PROCESS. SO I WILL PAUSE THERE AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US THIS AFTERNOON AND OPENED IT UP TO YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAD NO, I HAVE A COUPLE AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHER MEMBERS. UM WE'VE HAD SORT OF VARIOUS ENTITIES COME THROUGH. WE'VE HAD OUR LOCAL METRO I GUESS IT'S LOCAL FORWARD OR WHATEVER NAME WE GO BY NOW, UM THAT CHANGES QUITE OFTEN. NO OFFENSE TO THOSE FOLKS IN THE BACK. THEY SOMETIMES MAY FORGET THEIR NAME. UM BUT OUR LOCAL METRO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE KENTUCKY CABINET. FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE AS WELL AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL BRING TO THE TABLE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TALKING ABOUT REGIONALISM. I THINK THAT'S AN AWESOME CONCEPT. I LOVE IT, BUT OUR TAX STRUCTURE. AND I KNOW LIZ HAS HEARD ME PREACH TO HER ON THE PHONE ABOUT IT IS A ZERO SUM GAME. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT REGIONALISM, BUT IF YOU DON'T LAND BECAUSE HERE'S OUR TAXES, REAL PROPERTY. UH OCCUPATIONAL AND THEN INSURANCE PREMIUM, WHICH IS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY . AND THEN YOU HAVE A SALES TAX, WHICH GOES TO THE STATE. NONE OF THOSE THINGS IF IT DOESN'T LAND IN THIS COUNTY COME TO HELP FUND THIS GOVERNMENT. AND YET WE DID HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT . WE TALK ABOUT UPS. WE T ABT AIR. IT IS IN THE 15 COUNTIES, PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY REALLY USE AND UTILIZE, AND IT'S REALLY BROUGHT IN A LOT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. FROM BULLITT COUNTY TO OLDHAM COUNTY, ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES OVER IN SOUTHERN INDIANA BOY UTICA LOOKS NICE NOW UTICA USED TO NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY. BUT WE STILL STRUGGLE IF WE YOU ALL GET TO DO THAT, BUT WE AS A GOVERNMENT THAT'S TOUGH FOR US. WE WANT IT HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, CAUS IS GOG TOELP OURITIZS. SO HAVE RM IFRUR I'M NG L SOQ SORTSF THINGS, WHETHER WE CAN EVEN HAVE A LOCAL SALES TAX, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMS TO BE A DEFICIENCY TO ME IS NOT BEING ABLE TO SHARE BETWEEN COUNTIES, OCCUPATIONAL TAXES AND ACROSS A RIVER. WELL IN TERMS OF REAL PROPERTY AND WHETHER IT BE STATE SALES TAX. WEATHERBY INCOME TAXES, SO WHEN YOU ALL MOVE FORWARD AND YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN, AND I'VE NOT SEEN ANYBODY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. EVER TALKED ABOUT THIS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BE A PRIORITY. FOR ME. MAYBE I'M ONE. BUT I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY OTHERS HERE.
IT'S A PRIORITY TO SEE SOME CHANGE IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO HAVE REGIONALISM. BUT IT'S NOT IF IT'S A ZERO SUM GAME. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL WHEN YOU'RE IN FRANKFURT AND TALKING ABOUT REGIONALISM AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE. TALK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BRING IT FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S A PART OF THAT REGION, NOT ONE COUNTY, WINNING IN 14 LOSING THAT'S SO THAT WAS A LONG WAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT OR IF YOU ALL HAVE THAT AS PART OF AN AGENDA. IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING AT, OR SOMETHING YOU CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TWO POINTS. THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK TURMOIL THE HILL AND I THINK TWO POINTS TO SPEAK TO THAT ONE IS UM, G L I S LOCAL TAX AGENDA, I THINK IS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU JUST LAID OUT. THE SECOND PIECE, I THINK HITS HOME TO KIND OF THE LARGER
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REGIONAL CONCEPT IN GENERAL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT COUNTY A OR COUNTY BE LANDING A PARTICULAR PROJECT THE OTHER COUNTIES, PRESUMABLY AT THE SURFACE LEVEL, ARE NOT BENEFITING FROM THAT PROJECT DIRECTLY. BUT I THINK THE INDIRECT BENEFIT BENEFITS THE WHOLE REGION. SO IF A PROJECT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN YOUR EXAMPLE PRESUMABLY THE WORKFORCE WOULD COME FROM THE SURROUNDING REGION, AND SO PEOPLE LIVING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY PAY PROPERTY TAXES. WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALTHOUGH THAT PROJECT MAY NOT DIRECTLY BENEFIT JEFFERSON COUNTY. YOU KNOW EXACTLY. AND I CONCUR, EXCEPT I THINK WHEN I WAS USING THE EXAMPLE IF YOU FLY OUT OF HERE, YOU USE THE ROADS BECAUSE IT'S THE CENTER IS THE HUB. IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST POPULIST AND IT'S PROBABLY WHERE PEOPLE COME AND GO FROM THE MOST IF YOU WERE TO DO IT. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE STRUGGLE WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE BEAR THOSE EXPENSES. SO BUT TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT COMES HERE, BUT I DON'T. I HATE THAT. IT'S A 00 SUM GAME, AND IT'S KIND OF YOUR WIN OR LOSE. IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL. THERE SHOULD BE A WAY AND THERE CAN BE A WAY THAT WE ALL BENEFIT. THEY COULD FIGURE THAT OUT. WE STRUGGLE. WHETHER WE CAN HAVE A SALES TAX. WE SHOULD BE FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. I MEAN, REALLY WORK TOGETHER. I THINK WE AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT. LAST THING I'D LIKE YOU ALL DIDN'T MENTION BUT I KNOW YOU SORT OF TOUCHED ON IT. BUT YOU'RE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND FOLKS THAT ARE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AH! METRO GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PART DEPARTMENT TALK ABOUT, UM, DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THEN MAYBE OUR PARTNER ACROSS THE RIVER ONE SOUTHERN INDIANA. WHAT WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING WITH THOSE VARIOUS ENTITIES, THEN IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, WE CONVENE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AMONG ALL OF THE PARTNERS YOU JUST MENTIONED SO LOUISVILLE METR ASS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH OF THE OTHER COUNTIES. SO THAT HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED AS LONG ESTABLISHED QUARTERLY. UM GET TOGETHER OF ALL OF THOSE PARTIES AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS YOU KNOW, REGIONAL TRANSPARENCY IS SO IMPORTANT SO THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO ACT AS A REGION AND THINK ABOUT THINGS COLLECTIVELY WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING ON. WHAT EVERYBODY'S ASSETS ARE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT EVERYBODY'S CHALLENGES ARE. SO THAT AS WE CONVENE, WE CAN TACKLE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TOGETHER. UM SPECIFICALLY THE METRO GOVERNMENT. YOU KNOW OUR RELATIONSHIP. IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED AS WE HIGHLIGHTED TODAY ON BUSINESS ATTRACTION EFFORTS. AS WELL AS SOME EXPANSION EFFORTS THROUGH OUR NORMAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FUNCTIONS. AND. METRO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION EFFORTS. SO BOTH OF THOSE COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER, AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH METRO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNIFIED FRONT EXTERNAL TO THE REGION. THANK YOU. AND I ASSUME NOW WITH HARDIN COUNTY, THEY SEEM TO BE GROWING QUITE DRAMATICALLY. SO I ASSUME YOU THEY'RE PART OF THIS. THESE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. THEY THEY HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN IN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY IS TO GET FURTHER INVESTMENT FROM OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS WERE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THERE AND HOPE TO HAVE FINAL COMMITMENT. HARDEN COUNTY IS ONE OF THOSE FROM THE REMAINING THIRD BY THE END OF THE SEPTEMBER. WITH 65 SEEN SEEMING ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I ASSUME THEY WOULD LOVE ESPECIALLY IF WORKFORCES HERE SOME SORT OF TRANSIT OPTIONS OR ALONG THE 65 CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY WITH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT BIG PLANT THEY GOT GOING DOWN THERE AND OTHER THINGS, SO I HOPE THAT WILL BE PART OF YOUR FUTURE AGENDA. BUT I'VE SAID ENOUGH NOW ONTO COUNCILMAN ARGENTINA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. SO FIRST OF ALL THERE THE CHAIRMAN TALKED ABOUT BROAD TAX REFORM. UM CONTINUE TO VOCALIZE MY SUPPORT FOR SALES TAX REFORM. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT WITH AN OFFSETTING REDUCTION, OCCUPATIONAL TAX, BUT POINT IS THAT ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE WOULD STAND THE GAIN? FOR MORE REGIONALISM IS BY HAVING A SALES TAX BECAUSE, YOU KNOW I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MOVED RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER RELATED ISSUES. OUTSIDE OF THIS JURISDICTION. IT'S REALLY TO PUBLIC SCHOOL ISSUES, SO THEY MOVED TO ORDER AND SHELBY COUNTY WITH THAT SAID THEY WORK AND SPEND TIME IN ENTERTAINMENT TIME AND ALL THAT IN JEFFERSON COUNTY . WE DON'T SEE A DOLLAR OF THAT. RIGHT SO I'M ALL ABOUT SALES TAX REFORM, GIVING US THAT ABILITY AND I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR US. UM I AM CURIOUS ABOUT MAYBE TOP TWO BULLET POINT. WE DON'T NEED LONG EXPLANATIONS. BUT WHAT ARE THE TOP FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'VE FAILED ON? RIGHT? WE'VE GONE[00:40:04]
AFTER A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND WE'VE LOST RIGHT. WHAT ARE THE TOP 12? MAYBE EVEN THREE REASONS WHY WE'VE LOST THOSE. WHAT ARE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS STRATEGICALLY BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP COMING UP IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVEN'T WON THE PERHAPS THE COMPANY'S DECIDED NOT TO RELOCATE TO GO FORTH. YEAH I THINK AND, UH, NATALIE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN FROM A FAM TOUR LAST NOVEMBER, WHERE SITE SELECTORS ACTUALLY PROVIDE FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES THAT AFTER LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY FOR 48 HOURS WHAT THEY PERCEIVE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES TO BE, UM AND I KNOW ONE THAT GETS VOICED CONSISTENTLY AND I DON'T THINK IT WILL COME AS A SURPRISE IS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. AND SO THAT'S AN AREA OF FOCUS AND NOT SOMETHING THAT GETS SOLVED TOMORROW. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM WE HAVE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM FEEDBACK ACROSS THE YEARS AND I KNOW IT REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR US. UM YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAD A JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BOARD MEMBER COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS LAST WEEK, SAID WE NEED MORE OF THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PARTNERING BETWEEN METRO AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ON WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. TO IMPROVE THAT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT SAME THING NOW, FRANKLY FOR YEARS AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE NO DIRECTORY FICTIONAL ABILITY, BUT WE HAVE PART WE COULD PARTNER RIGHT AND I WOULD SAY TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BRANDON COHEN, A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER OF OURS.HE HAD TALKED FOR YEARS ABOUT DOING SOME SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MSD IN THE WATER COMPANY DID THIS. HE CALLED IT THIS ONE LOUISVILLE PLAN, RIGHT? BUT THIS IDEA OF BRINGING TOGETHER, THESE TWO MASSIVE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. AND EVEN IF NOT IN LEGAL TERMS ON OPERATIONAL TERMS, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN WORK BETTER TOGETHER, SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT. UM QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS. UH WE HAVE THE STATE CHAMBER. EXCUSE ME. STATE CHAMBER. WE HAVE G L I WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. WE HAVE OURS, RIGHT? AND I HAVEN'T MET WITH MR MALLOY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH HIM AND GETTING HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU HISTORICALLY, NOT RECENTLY, BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THE RELATIONSHIP WAS SO JADED BETWEEN PARTICULARLY THE STATE AND THE CITY AGENCY. I WOULD GET CALLS FROM THE STATE AGENCY BASICALLY SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO RUN THIS WHOLE PROJECT FOR LOUISVILLE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK TO LOUISVILLE VERY MUCH ABOUT IT. IS THAT HOW IS THAT RELATIONSHIP AND PROCESS WORK? RIGHT? G L I HAS ENROLLED. THE STATE CHAMBER, MAYBE JUST STAYS INFORMED. BUT THE STATE AGENCY HAS A ROLE OF THE CITY AGENCY HAS A RULE HOW TO WHO'S DOING WHAT AND HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK RIGHT NOW? AND COULD IT BE APPROVED? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE STATE CABINET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YESTERDAY. A LOT OF COLLABORATIVE OUTCOMES CAME FROM THAT MEETING. SO GENERALLY THE WAY THAT THE PROCESS WORKS IS IF A PROJECT COMES BEFORE US. AND LET'S SAY, FOR THIS EXAMPLE THAT IT WAS INTERESTED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IF THAT PROJECT GETS FIELDED, AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT A PROJECT CAN COME TO BE BUT TYPICALLY AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION, G L I WOULD BE THE INITIAL TOUCH POINT FOR A PROJECT AND THEN THINKING ABOUT IT FROM SERVING THE CLIENT. THE PARTICULAR PROJECT OR BUSINESS OR SITE SELECTOR IS INTERESTED IN A PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHY THAT MAYBE JUST JEFFERSON COUNTY IT MAYBE THE WHOLE 15 COUNTY REGION. AND SO WE TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS LOOKING FOR. HOW MANY SQUARE FEET ONE OF THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF NEW JOBS WHAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY ETCETERA, ETCETERA. WE THEN FOLLOW THE CLIENTS LEAD ON THAT AND CIRCULATE AN R F I TO THE LOCAL VIDEO OR DDOS. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOLLOWING THAT CLIENTS LEAD. SO IF THAT'S THREE COUNTIES OR 15 COUNTIES ARE ONE WE THEN SERVE AS A CONDUIT AND AGGREGATE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND SERVE AS A ONE STOP SHOP BACK TO THE PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ENGAGING WITH MULTIPLE NGOS WITHIN OUR REGION. WE THEN CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE IF THE NEXT STEP COMES TO A SITE SELECTION VISIT, WE WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE LOCAL VIDEOS. SO THAT WE'RE IN LOCK STEP AND HAVE A TIGHT AGENDA SO THAT IF THEY'RE COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN, WE'VE GOT A VERY PROCESS DRIVEN AGENDA. WE ENGAGE WITH THEM IF IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE INCENTIVES ARE DISCUSSED THAT WOULD GET FACILITATED BY THE LOCAL VIDEO BY METRO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM AND THEN ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE STATE CABINET IS INVOLVED AT THE STATE LEVEL INCENTIVES. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE YOU KNOW AGAIN, I LIVED THROUGH A SCENARIO WHERE IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE HOT POTATO AND THERE WAS CONFUSION AND DISTRUST. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THAT HAS
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BEEN RESOLVED, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. AND THE LAST THING I'LL JUST SAY IS I WENT ON LIVING LIVING LOU WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE AND I'VE BEEN ON IT BEFORE, BUT I LIKE THE FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY. MAYBE THERE IS ONE SMALL QUESTION. I MEAN, I MOVED HERE FROM THE EAST COAST.I THINK YOU MENTIONED HEALTH ENTERPRISE NETWORK WAS JUST MAYBE ON THE WEST COAST. HEALTH ENTERPRISE NETWORK IS JEALOUS HEALTHCARE, BUT YOU JUST SAID THEY WERE SOMEPLACE WENT TO BOSTON. BOSTON GREAT. I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I'VE MADE THE CASE. BEFORE THAT. WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WHICH IS THE AMTRAK LINE THAT RUNS FROM BOSTON TO D. C. I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, WE'VE LOOKED AT CALIFORNIA AND ALL THIS STUFF. LOOK FOR A COMPANY TO MOVE THREE TIME ZONES FROM BASICALLY A PRETTY WARM WEATHER. COASTAL CLIMATE TO LOUISVILLE IS FREAKING SCRATCH. YOU KNOW THE MOVE TO TEXAS THAT MOVED TO ME OTHER STATES, BUT I THINK THERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY IN THAT BOSTON D. C CORRIDOR OF PARTICULARLY THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE FOR EMPLOYEES. BUT ALSO THE I MEAN AS MUCH AS PEOPLE AND I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT TAX STRUCTURES HERE, TOO. IT IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT IT IS OVER THERE. AND THE AFFORDABILITY IS NIGHT AND DAY. AND UM, I LOVE THE FOCUS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE SIMILAR CLIMATES WERE STILL IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE. I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH SIMILARITIES BUT ENOUGH ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE TO SAY MOVE HERE, RIGHT? SO, YEAH.
LOVE THAT CORRIDOR LOVE THAT OPPORTUNITY THERE, SO THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HAWKINS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM. I'M GONNA LOOK AT THIS WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF GLASSES AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE TAXES AND, UM REGIONAL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FIRST. I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING IN. UM AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS. THAT WAS IMPORTANT. UM. 42 PROJECTS. 3700 JOBS INVESTMENTS , BREAKING THE MODE, REMOVING SYSTEMATIC BARRIERS. THAT SPEAKS VALUE. UM UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY. UH THERE'S NOT MANY DAYS CAME IN HER SINCE JANUARY.
SINCE I'VE SAT ON THIS SEAT, UM THEY'RE EVEN USES THE LANGUAGE BOOTS TO THE GROUND BECAUSE IT'S NOT MANY THAT ARE ACTUALLY AFTER DOING THE WORK. THEY'RE NOT BOOTS TO THE GROUND. UM AND TO DO IT EFFORTLESSLY. YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO SUPPORT EXISTING BUSINESSES. AND TO ME, IT'S OKAY TO EXPAND YOUR BRAND. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING COMING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. JUST WILLING TO BUILD THE TRUST. GIVING US THE PROCESS NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN GIVE US THAT THEY JUST DO IT AND THEY JUST DON'T EVEN TELL US SO I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BAKER. THANK YOU WANT TO ECHO ON MY COLLEAGUE'S SENTIMENTS AS WELL, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UM AND BUT, UH, GETTING LEADS IS A HARD THING. SO SHOUT OUT, LOGAN. WAS IT LOGAN'S DEPARTMENT ON THAT OR THE HEALTH EQUITY? GETTING LEADS IS NOT A GOOD THING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JUST A CONTINUED AREA OF CONTINUE TO GENERATE LEADS. UM AND I GET THE REGIONALISM, AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, A COMPLEX DISCUSSION ON THAT. AND THEN ALSO, I WANT TO.
I LIKE YOUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM INVOLVED AND PARTNERING WITH G N. SOME OF THOSE AGENCIES ARE HUGE. SO JUST WHAT? ECO, UM SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS, THEIR COLLEAGUES SAID, LIKE I GET IT, BUT ALSO WANT TO THINGS THAT ARE JUST KIND OF STRIKING OUT ON ONE OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND CONTINUE TO JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS OR YOUR EFFORTS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BAKER FOR COMING IN. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE. I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING IN AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND, UH, DON'T MAKE REGIONALISM HAPPENED FROM A TAX STANDPOINT AS WELL. I THINK MY REQUEST HERE BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL TAKE ANY TAX REFORM WE CAN GET. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN OF THE HILL. AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE HIS COLLEAGUES, THIS MEETING IS
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